Terzan 5 - really, really red

[Stevec35]

Terzan 5 is one of the brightest of the Terzan globular clusters and to say the least it is very red. There was virtually nothing in the green and blue channels. I blended some near infrared luminance (greater than 700nm) into this as an experiment which mostly seems to have worked in that the stars of the globular are somewhat more prominent.

Cheers

Steve

http://members.pcug.org.au/~stevec/Terzan5_STXL6303_RC14.htm

[strongmanmike]

Hey, that's very cool Steve, great capture :thumbsup: Spied a few of the Terzans at SPSP this year actually.

Mike

[Atmos]

Fascinating globular Steve! Just looks like a red blob, must be a lot of dust and distance between us and it.

[gregbradley]

Amazing really. There are so many varied phenomena to be viewed in Astronomy. It keeps it interesting.

Greg

[Peter Ward]

Really unusual little object...nice one....but I'd have a go at using a barlow
to get up close and personal with it.

[Stevec35]

Thanks Peter. I don't think I'll be taking the barlow advice though.



Thanks Greg. Looks like in my quest for unusual objects I've found another one.



Thanks Colin. Yes the Terzan globulars are all very obscured. To look at the image it looks like there is a dark nebula right in front of it.



Thanks Mike. In my visual days I think I picked up two or three of them. Don't think my eyes would be up to it now. I presume you must have seen them through a huge Dobsonian.

[TR]

Steve, That is a very cool object. I really like that.

Terry

[Paul Haese]

Cracking little object. It must be tiny. Looks like good resolution too.

[Stevec35]

Thanks Paul. Yes it is small but the other Terzans are even smaller



Thanks Terry

[RickS]

Nice catch, Steve! Not many images of Terzan globs around!

[Stevec35]

Thanks Rick

[marc4darkskies]

Very nice & interesting Steve - I didn't know about this fascinating objects!

Cheers, Marcus

[Stevec35]

Thanks Marcus

[Placidus]

Well done!

[Stevec35]

Thanks M & T

[Ross G]

Amazing capture Steve,

So red...looks great.

A new object for me.

Ross.

[Stevec35]

Thanks Ross. I guess it would be a new object for most people.

[Shiraz]

Nice image, fascinating object - thanks for educating us.

[atalas]

Nice catch Steve...don't mind It when you take me to school....you got a pic without NIR?I'd like to see the difference.

[Stevec35]

Thanks Louie. The NIR luminance has more visible stars which is what you would expect. I opted to combine the normal and NIR luminance to produce a master luminance. I don't have a version of the image just with visible luminance.